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Pani-rosa [81]
3 years ago
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Which poetic device is seen in the lines "To whirl and dance Till the whit day is done."?

English
1 answer:
ZanzabumX [31]3 years ago
3 0

The correct answer is; metaphor.

Further Explanation:

In the line "To whirl and dance til the white day is done" is written as a metaphor in this poem. The writer was speaking about slavery and how the slaves could dance when the white man's work day was over. It was something they could not do out in the open, like other white children.adults could do.

This line comes from the poem "Dream Variations." This poem was written by  Langston Hughes. The poem has several other poetic devices such as personification. This poem was written during the what some call the "Harlem Renaissance.

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